The Darkest Corners: A Modern Fantasy RP (Interest Thread - Closed)

[Lunar Templar]

---London---

"Later Pegs" Lucia said, she was kinda sad to see her go, Lucia had enjoyed her company, but it couldn't be helped if she had no reason to join the chase. Lucia looked at the clock and sighed, it was time to head back down to the Ritz, she got dressed tied her hair back and headed down to the lobby, where she informed the attendant on duty she would be out for the day and would pay for any overages when she got back, she then exited the building and flagged a cab down.

---Italian Alps---

Zal'Teer's jaw hung slack at what he was seeing, and human, getting in The Ancient Ones face. It was unthinkable to him for this kind of disrespect. A-Lucia on the other hand just grinned like a Cheshire Cat, and the display changed "I think your mistaking me for the Whelp your trying to get into your little 'club'" on the display, there was the much younger Lucia, getting into a cab and telling the driver to go to the Ritz "As for your 'toys', I'm hardly impressed, so you have three bombs that can generate heat hotter then a star? So? You say that like its difficult to do." she said before getting directly in the directors face, nose to nose "Criticize my efforts when YOU create a race of beings and an entire planet out of thin air. The ONLY reason Wagner still breathes is because I did not have the reserves to breath life into Dragon kind AND kill him. I had limits in my youth, so what? Those limits no longer exist and I and WELL rested, and Wagner has no 'opportunity's' to take advantage of. So untill you or any one in your employ is capable of the same feast you have no room to judge me, mortal." have made her point she took a couple steps back "Dr'az was never brought to my attention, both he and Cichol where dealt with by that imbecile, Grendal."

 

[Floris2123]

Theon was deep asleep, his mind was finally at peace. He dreamed about flying through the sky as a bird, and swimming in the ocean as a fish. He was then gently shaken and kissed, and slowly began to wake up. The first thing he noticed was the room he was in, and the sun shining into his eyes. He felt like grabbing the blankets and going back to sleep, but when he squinted his eyes he could see Seras smiling at him. It took him a second to realize why, when his eyes began to move down the rest of her body.

The first thing he noticed that she wasn't wearing a shirt, for a moment he thought he was still sleeping. But after pinching himself he concluded that he wasn't sleeping, he quickly covered his eyes and fell back into the bed. "Uuhh good morning Seras, you are aware you are not wearing a shirt right?" He asked with a shaking and startled voice, his cheeks completely flustered. He couldn't help but sneak another peek through his fingers, she really had a perfect figure.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Seras grinned like a Cheshire Cat as Theon busied himself for a few moments pinching himself, obviously believing that he was still asleep. The realization soon him however when he realised that this wasn't a dream, and that Seras was kind of half naked. In some strange way, she was actually enjoying watching Theon act all embarrassed, and smiled again as he retreated back into the bed with a hand covering his eyes. "Uuhh good morning Seras, you are aware you are not wearing a shirt right?" He asked, still sounding startled by the predicament he was presented with; whilst his cheeks had turned a bright red color. Seras smirked when she saw Theon's fingers open a crack, obviously wanting another look.

"Naughty naughty." Seras said with a slight giggle as she pouted at Theon.

"And yes, I do realise that I'm not wearing a shirt Theon. After wearing it for nearly a whole day, it was getting a little bit uncomfortable; I must of taken off whilst I was unawares. Though I did figure it would make for a way to surprise you, and it looks like it worked, judging from the amount of red your blushing with." Seras remarked as she leaned over and kissed him on the lips. She then turned around and looked at the clock which was on a bed side cabinet, noticing the time was a little past eight.

"Would you look at that Theon? Looks like we'll have to hurry up and get ready for this meeting with Lucius and the others. Let me just go have a shower, then I'll be getting changed. Don't worry, I'll do that in the bathroom." Seras said with a wink as she got up from out the bed, grabbing a fresh set of clothes from her suit case, and then headed into the shower. She breathed a sigh of relief when the hot water hit her, it was nice to feel fresh after what happened yesterday. Five minutes later, getting washed and dried inside, Seras stepped out, ready to tackle what lay ahead.

 

[Floris2123]

Theon peeked at Seras through his fingers, he then spotted her looking at him, a delightful pout on her soft face. She said with a cute giggle "Naughty naughty." Theon closed his hand and his cheeks flushed a further shade of Crimson. Seras then continued, "And yes, I do realize that I'm not wearing a shirt Theon... Judging from the amount of red your blushing with." Suddenly he felt Seras lips on his, he kissed her back and sat up with her. "Would you look at that Theon?...I'll do that in the bathroom." Seras said looking at the clock, she then winked at him and got up from the bed.

She didn't seem bothered with him staying where he was, so he sat on the bed for a while. He chuckled to himself, it was rare that he was fully awake so soon, but her little stunt just now had woken him up, though he had to remember to get her back for that later. He then heard the water in the shower turn on, for a minute he though about joining her. He then laughed again, his werewolf instincts were still active it seemed.

He got up from the bed and laid down on the ground, and he began with his morning routine. He then had a idea, as he threw off his shirt and continued training. He heard the shower doors open, and a smile spread across his face. He waited for Seras to get back into the room, and just finished with his 100 push up. "99...100." He said as he stood up, and didn't bother to hide his muscles. Two can play that game Seras. He thought as he smiled at her, sweat running down his lean body. "Did you have a nice shower beautiful?" He asked with an innocent smile.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"...99...100." Seras heard Theon saying out of breath as she re-entered the bedroom fully dressed, noticing that he had his shirt off and the sweat that was running down his toned body. This almost made her go weak at the knees from just looking at him, though it didn't stop her from blushing. She simply stood still and stared at Theon, a loss for words as she was enjoying the view, it had certainly started her morning off right. Whilst she wasn't overly attracted to shirtless men with well defined muscles, Theon however was the exception.

"Did you have a nice shower beautiful?" Theon asked with an innocent and playful smile. Seras could see that this was him getting back at her for earlier, and if she was being honest, it worked.

"I certainly did, and seeing you like this, has been the cherry on top of the sundae that is my morning so far." Seras said as she walked closer, wanting to take a closer look at the body in front of her. She followed up with a quick kiss on the cheek.

"Go grab yourself a shower handsome, don't want to keep the others waiting now do we?" She asked rhetorically.

 

[Floris2123]

Theon looked at Seras as she entered the room, she smiled and then looked at his chest. She blushed brightly, and his smile grew happy to see his plan had worked. She began walking closer, and said. "I certainly did, and seeing you like this, has been the cherry on top of the sundae that is my morning so far." She then gave him a quick kiss on his cheek, and continued by asking. "Go grab yourself a shower handsome, don't want to keep the others waiting now do we?"

"I guess not, though we are already late. I will try to keep my shower as short as possible beautiful." He said as he quickly kissed her, he then walked through the room and gathered his clothes. He didn't bother to put any more on as he walked into the bathroom, and closed the door. He quickly jumped under the shower, and turned it on. After about five minutes he stepped out of the shower, and started drying himself off.

Suddenly he had an amusing idea, he turned into a dog and began shaking himself dry. The entire bathroom was covered by water now, except for Theon who was completely dry. He quickly put on his clothes and stepped out of the bathroom, he smiled at Seras and kissed her on the cheek. "So how do you want to go to the meeting? Want to go with a taxi? Or shall we fly there?" He had a playful smile on his face, he wouldn't mind flying again.

 

[c_westerman13]

-Lucius-

Lucius' discussion with Fiona was interrupted by the sudden appearance of Zaheer, who'd been conspicuously missing the previous night, with insane demon in tow. Hearing their respective greetings, Lucius looked around, almost smiling - he'd almost kind of liked Zaheer - and spoke, "Did you expect me to die, Ascended?", he almost wanted to laugh, "We were meeting here last night, though clearly you missed that. The next meeting starts in about twenty minutes. Demon, we're not planning on blowing anything up, though it could be useful to send you as a vanguard, with that attitude - how many minor undead can you kill?"

Lucius looked back to Fiona, and decided introductions may be in order. Not being his forte, he went with the basic approach, pointing at each individual, "Fiona, Zaheer, Zaheer's pet".

-Rhingyll-

The zombie walked hurriedly out of his Queen's audience chamber, brimming with frustration - she just wouldn't listen to reason. They had no way of knowing when, or where, to expect an attack - Lucius had been careful enough not to mention that in front of him - and their forces were worryingly unprepared. Rhingyll bit his lip, nearly taking it off before he thought to stop, and walked to the armory, to arm up - he'd have to look the part if an attack came soon, and Lucius knew that as well as he did himself.

Reaching the armory, he picked up one of the more modern rifles - assault, he thought it was called - and some ammo for it, a knife for backup, and a small revolver. Just in case. Turning back as he was leaving, he decided to pick up a fireproof combat jacket - way too much offensive magic was fire-based.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"I guess not, though we are already late. I will try to keep my shower as short as possible beautiful." Theon said as he quickly kissed Seras before gathering some clothes and heading into the shower. She soon heard the oh too familiar sounds of the shower, which resulted in Seras breathing a sigh of relief and joy as her thoughts drifted off into dreamland. Her respite was short lived however, as she heard footsteps coming out of the bathroom.

Theon soon appeared, smiling quite proudly as he kissed Seras again on the cheek. "So how do you want to go to the meeting? Want to go with a taxi? Or shall we fly there?" He asked with a playful smile, Seras could see what option he wanted.

"Hmm, I think seeing how its still rather early in the morning, we should probably take a taxi to be on the safe side. Don't want to be giving the residents of London a fright this early in the day." Seras remarked as she went over to grab Theon's coat, and helped with putting it on him.

 

[Floris2123]

"Hmm, I think...the day." Seras said responding to his question, he had to agree it was probably best to take it easy for now. He walked over to the coat hangers, but Seras was there sooner and helped him put on his coat. "Thank you Seras, and I have to agree with you. It would probably be best to take a taxi, even though flying would be more fun." He grabbed his bag, and put it on his back. He walked out the door, and took the elevator down. It wasn't long until they had reached the ground floor, he then continued outside and walked over to a taxi waiting there. He opened the door for Seras, and after that got in himself.

The taxi departed, and began heading towards the meeting place. Theon was quiet most of the trip, he was practicing with his shifting. It had become easier without them in his head, though some things were also a bit more difficult. When they arrived at the designated building, he stepped out and paid the driver. He then offered his arm to Seras, and began then walked inside. He then started shifting his body, it became heavier as one plate after another began to be formed. On the outside he looked pretty much the same, but on the inside his body had became much stronger. He didn't trust most of the people at this meeting, and seeing how most of them were wizards he had to make sure he and Seras would be safe.

He walked inside the hall and looked around, it seemed that a few of the wizards had already arrived. The smell inside the room wasn't what you would call pleasant. He didn't want to be here at all, but he knew he had no choice. "Good morning to all of you." He said with a modest smile. He began to look around the room, He was a bit surprised to see the woman from the last meeting. She seemed quite nice, though she was clearly not a human. He walked over to her and stretched out his hand "I don't think I have introduced myself to you before, my name is Theon Versipellis. What is your name miss?"

 

[Cybele]

Roland was right outside the hotel room's window when he heard John yell his name in a most ill-boding manner. Curious as to what may have happened and what the agent was blaming him for, the woodpecker, trying to be as quiet as he could, flew into the room and perched on top of a chair.

"I AM GOING TO KILL THAT DEMON!" John yelled from the bathroom where he was vigorously scrubbing his face.

'Look like I'm off the hook,' Roland thought and sighed with relief, glad that he wasn't in any trouble. For the time being at least.

"Morning John. Sleep well?" the bird asked, his tone cheerful but ever so slightly cautious.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

-Italian Alps-

Bowl stared right into the face of the ancient one, unblinking.

"You were born with power," Bowl said slowly, "Able to create and destroy at your whim. When you have gone through a thousand generations of misery and death to crawl out of the pit others have thrown you in and have the ability to defend yourself from the horrors that wish nothing but to throw you back. Only when you have felt pain, only when you know how many have died just so you can exist, that will I hold back my criticism. We do not bow down to Gods no longer."

"You say you couldn't of killed Wagner because you were limited, tired, from creating an entire world. You have had thousands of years of rest, much time to bring back your energies," Bowl said, still not moving her gaze from a creature that could disintegrate her in an instant, "Why is he still alive?"

-Clarkson-

Clarkson watched the bird fly out of door, having not even noticed the passage of time, nor the fact his drink had been replaced with dark coffe five hours ago.

-John-

John looked out the bathroom door at Roland

"Where were... never mind," John decided it could wait till later, "I will be right back."

John quickly left the room, running down the stairs, and out the door, and jumped into a door of a taxi.

"The nearest church please," John said flatly.

"Why is..."

John held out 40 dollars, "And no questions asked."

"Your on the wrong side of the Atlantic lad," The cab driver said with a chuckle.

John searched his wallet and pulled out 40 pounds, "Move."

John drove a surprising amount of blocks to the Westminister abby. John burst through the doors, the only person there was a priest.

"Father, may I use your holy water?" John asked.

"Any can use the holy water here, any are... what is on your face?" The priest said.

John dunked his head into the holy water bowl, scrubbing away the ink before drying off his face as he walked through the door.

"Did you just...," the cabby began.

John pulled out another 40 pounds.

"No. Questions. Asked." John said flatly, "Get me to a hardware store or a mechanic."

The cabby just did what he said, pulling into an Auto dealership. John bought a muffin at the bakery and then bought five car batteries from the dealership.

Another 40 pounds.

"None," John said as the cab drove back to the Ritz.

John stepped out and carried his stuff up to his room. John placed some charms on the bag to give it a bit more room.

"Shall we head down?" John said to Roland.

 

[Lunar Templar]

---Italian Alp---
A-Lucia kinda smirked, she'd not seen human with a spine like the Director in a long time "Know what? I like you human, It takes a rather large 'set' to demand answers from some one that could easily erase this mountain range and turn Italy into an Island Nation, it's infuriating, but oddly refreshing as well. Anyway, in answer to your question, collateral damage. By the time I was back to 100% the Roman Empire was in full swing and the battle ground between myself and Wagner would have consumed several thousand miles of land and breaking Wagner out to kill him would have been counter productive." she said "Now, I could spend several hours explaining my self, but we do have better things to" She said as she formed a 'finger gun' and 'shot' Bowl in the head, forcing memory's relating to her origin, her orders, what she really was, and of course Wagner onto the Director "But this is faster"

Spoiler: Wagner

Wagner is one of many humans whom sided with and where later transformed by the Dragons of the 'other Earth'. Wagner him self was from Eastern Europe and had been a talented mage, but had been block from any opportunity due to being born in the lower classes. As time and the War wore on, Wagner became increasingly arrogant and his experiments in the dark arts drug him down further and further, eventually gaining the ability to create 'shadow doppelgangers' of whom ever he desired, shadows he used for a form of physiological torture, as these shadows knew every then the original knew and enjoyed throwing the worst parts of a person at them, these experiments also altered his physical appearance.

He turned 'traitor' when word spread of a Dragon 'Ascended', it enraged him that he was able to attain this, it heightened his rage further when he discovered this dragon was not only once human, but had been a lowly slave. When the order came down to 'relocate' and the 'slave' was given the honor of ensuring Dragon kinds survival he followed her, waited and attacked, killing a great deal of the early Dragons before he was sealed away.

---London---
Lucia arrived at the Ritz and headed into the lounge where the others where waiting "Morning" she said as she grabbed a doughnut and sat down.

 

[hiei82]

[HEADING=2]Fiona[/HEADING]

"...What do you suppose are the chances of that?" Lucius said after correcting her grammar. As it stood, she'd been acting under the assumption the name had been either a pseudonym or a surname and not realized she'd been making a fool of herself. Still, she was thousands of years old - a grammar error was hardly her worst mistake in recent times. Fiona put down her cup and began to answer.

Before she could answer the question however, an Ascended Mage and his Clown-demon companion arrived. Fiona remembered their faces from the PIA briefing and with Lucius's introduction, it was hardly difficult to remember them. Reaching out her hand in offer of a shake she said "It's a pleasure." "So what are we blowing up today? Zombies? Samsarans? Female Liches? Fromanzio must know!" the demon said, almost in reply. Fiona stared at the little clown for half a second before dismissing him - demon jesters were hardly remembered for their manners after all.

As if to mock her efforts to properly meet everyone, the dhampire, shapeshifter, and dragon all entered at nearly the same time; each taking a different approach toward the meeting. This time however, at least one of them felt it kind to introduce himself properly. "I don't think I have introduced myself to you before, my name is Theon Versipellis. What is your name miss?"

"Fiona Dubois" she replied, taking his hand. "Though you may call me Fiona. It's a pleasure to make you're acquaintance."

 

[c_westerman13]

-Lucius-

People were finally starting to actually arrive - Shapeshifter-Werewolf mutt, Half-Vampire, Half-Dragon - was anyone else in this meeting actually purebred? Lucius smirked, looking around, and turned to float into their makeshift briefing room, fingers brushing over his spell trigger. He looked over his shoulder, "Come in, then, we ought to get started".

Lucius took his place at the head of the table, and settled back to watch where everyone else sat, knowing that there were still more to arrive.

 

[Cybele]

"Where were... never mind. I will be right back," John said and stormed out of the room, leaving Roland very confused.

"The hell was that about?" the bird muttered to himself as he flew onto the table where the tv remote had been left the previous night. Having nothing better to do for the time being, Roland tried to turn the tv on by pecking at the buttons. He had just managed to turn it on and switch it over to something watchable when the agent returned.

"Shall we head down?"

Roland sighed and looked at the tv with a mix of annoyance and regret. Mostly annoyance.

"Oh fine. It's not as if it has been ages since I've gotten to watch any tv because I practically live on the streets or anything," he muttered to himself as he flew onto John's shoulder. "Is everything all right?" he asked, his tone a bit more cheerful.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"Thank you Seras, and I have to agree with you. It would probably be best to take a taxi, even though flying would be more fun." Theon said as he grabbed his bag and they were soon out of the door of their hotel room, and in a elevator down to the lobby area. They were soon outside where Theon called for a taxi, and opened the door to allow Seras to get in first.

As a quick exchange of information was given, they soon pulled out of the hotel driveway, and back en-route to the Ritz. The route they were taking today seemed a little longer than last time, but also a bit nicer to look at, which meant Seras could enjoy the view more. They soon arrived at the hotel, Theon stepped out first to pay the driver, then offered an arm to Seras as they walked through to the lounge, where she could see that Lucius, Fiona, Lucia, Zaheer and his demonic clown of a servant had already arrived. Seras wondered when Terra and Richard were going to put in an appearance, hopefully soon she thought.

"Though you may call me Fiona. It's a pleasure to make you're acquaintance." Fiona said in response to Theon's greeting.

"And its a pleasure to meet you as well Miss Fiona. The name is Seras Rogue, I don't think we had the chance to properly introduce ourselves to one another yesterday." Seras said with a smile as she offered a hand to Fiona.

"I heard that you were on the same plane as everyone else that is currently here, though I don't remember seeing anyone like you on board though."

 

[Lunar Templar]

---London---

Lucia stuffed the Maple Bar into her mouth and took a bite and listened "Rouge? That's that other Par...Vampire that was on the plane right?" she asked, quickly reigning in her racial slur, partly cause this wasn't the time, and she vaguely remembered this vampire being tolerable. "So, how'd they get you? Figured you'd be off doing, what ever Vampire do" she said some what awkwardly.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"So, how'd they get you? Figured you'd be off doing, whatever Vampire do." Someone asked Seras, turning around she noticed that it was Lucia who was talking to her, looking as though she had just finished eating something.

"Well, first off, I'm not a full blood Vampire Miss Lucia, I'm a Dhampir, which means I'm half human; so the temptations of the blood are not as strong in me as they are in someone like my father, though thanks to the Council, we don't need to attack people to acquire blood." Seras said, taking a moment to pause for breath before continuing.

"As to how they got me, according to that man Clarkson we met back at the Airport, we'd be able to get better hotel accommodation and plane tickets for myself and Theon here. I care not for the power and knowledge that Lucius offers, or what may be obtained from Arzhela. I am not doing it for them or the agency, I am doing this because my homeland is at risk. I also made it clear to them, that this was to be a one time deal. So, what did they offer you in return for your services then?"

 

[Kasten]

Richard glanced at Terra after closing his notebook where he'd be working out spells and smiled to her "if you want, we could go to the meeting with the Lich from the plane."

Richard held Terra tighter "Also, I'm vaguely working with Zaheer now. I wouldn't, but my hands are tied. I'll need your grace and support to restrain me from causing local annihilation events."

 

[hiei82]

[HEADING=2]Fiona[/HEADING]

"I heard that you were on the same plane as everyone else that is currently here, though I don't remember seeing anyone like you on board though." the half-vampire said, after introducing herself as Seras. No one seemed to believe her cover story much, but she was going to stick with it until the PIA told her it was no longer needed.

"I'm not surprised. I was toward the back and I was wearing a lot of make up. Samasarian's - my species - are rare, so humans tend to find our presence unsettling. A Vampire or a Werewolf or what not; their potentially dangerous, but their known quantities. If you know you're going to be near a Werewolf, you carry some silver with you. If you know your going to be near a Fairy, you keep some unworked iron with you. Vampires; you eat a lot of garlic. But Samasarians? Most people don't even know what we're called, much less have an idea how to deal with us. So, I've taken to traveling in disguise as a human - they don't get scared and I don't have to answer questions every other minute about what I am and what I can do. Everybody wins." she said, trying to keep her cover intact. It made for a fair cover story and even offered an excuse for why she didn't help them against the doppelganger; what could she - a nature speaker - do on a plane without any plants to speak with?

[HEADING=2]Terra[/HEADING]

Terra glanced around the room for a few seconds before she got her bearings. The room was now empty save Richard who was face deep in a notebook while his arms were wrapped around her. "If you want, we could go to the meeting with the Lich from the plane." he said, looking over at her and squeezing her tighter. "Also, I'm vaguely working with Zaheer now. I wouldn't, but my hands are tied. I'll need your grace and support to restrain me from causing local annihilation events."

Terra smiled and returned the squeeze. "You always have my grace and support Richard; you know that." she said, returning the hug. "That's part of loving you." she finished, her smile larger and her hug tighter.

"I suppose we should get going though." she added a moment later as she stood up and stretched her muscles after giving her love a good morning kiss.